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TweetPinShareA GMC Yukon similar to the one pictured above was taken out for a joyride by a 14-year-old boy in the early morning hours of June 26 and ended up …
14-year-old’s early morning joy ride ends after crashing through a barbed-wire fence Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: EAC head football coach John O’Mera led his team to a conference championship in 2018 and the Mississippi Bowl. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – …
Former EAC head football coach O’Mera to helm Safford Bulldogs’ squad Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – With 12 new reported cases Wednesday, Graham County has leaped into the triple digits with 108 total COVID-19 positive tests for the course …
Graham County surpasses triple digits in COVID-19 cases, now totals 108 for the pandemic Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteer Patricia Avila hands masks through vehicle windows at a previous event. On Tuesday, the Greenlee County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution requiring the …
Greenlee County to require masks in public places county-wide Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Safford’s Kjierstyn Goodman dives at the start of a race last year. EAC’s pool will remain open during the newest closure mandated by the governor …
EAC swimming pool remains open, Wellness Center temporarily closes Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Retired Safford City Manager Horatio Skeete Dear Editor: We have spent just a little over three months in self-isolation, socially distancing, and reluctantly wearing masks …
Letter to the Editor: Retired Safford City Manager Skeete expresses his gratitude Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteers hand out masks at a previous event in Morenci. Recently, the town of Clifton mandated the wearing of face masks while in public. Dear Editor, …
Letter to the Editor: Reader asks if it is rude to not wear a face-covering in public during the pandemic Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Salih Abdul-Haqq Zaid stares ahead blankly after being sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Arizona Court of Appeals has overturned his conviction and has …
Bull Pen shooter Zaid wins appeal Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: A man wearing a protective face mask exits the Morenci Conoco store while another man not wearing a mask enters, ignoring a sign that reads masks …
Clifton face mask mandate includes Morenci Conoco Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: People are head over heels about being able to still use the Pima Pool for the next month despite Governor Doug Ducey’s latest Executive Order. …
Pima Pool to remain open while following Governor Ducey’s latest Executive Order Read More